First ever attempt at making sparkling elderflower wine Hoping to use them for our wedding favours next year. A lot of conflicting advice online when to bottle.
My brew has been sat on the flowers and fermenting for over a week now. Fermentation is starting to slow down (Lalvin EC-1118 champagne yeast) and is currently sitting around 1.022 (OG was around 1.083 - forgot to measure it lol). Which is giving me an estimated attenuation of 75%
A lot of articles online state to bottle the wine when it’s around .995. Am I missing something surely no yeast is going to ferment 100% of the sugars? - would it be safe to prime and bottle this wine around the higher gravity I have now (obviously once the readings have settled).
Thank you for your help
Bottling Elderflower Sparkling Wine
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Re: Bottling Elderflower Sparkling Wine
Alcohol is lighter (less dense) than water, which is the reason it can get below 1.000 and it could well get down to around .990 as most dry wines do. I would definitely leave it until it has fermented further.